Lamp-cover.



.W. T. PHILLIPS.

LAMP COVER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1910.

1,028,271 4 Patented June 4, 1912.

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\VILLIAM T. PHILLIPS, OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

LAMP-COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1912.

Application filed July 22, 1910. Serial No. 573,236.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, YVILLIAM T. PHILLIPS, citizen of the United States,residing at Berkeley, county of Alameda, State of California, haveinvented certain newand useful Improvements in Lamp-Covers, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a lamp cover and particularly to aconstruction adapted to inclose and protect a lamp when not in use andat other times to be conveniently folded.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel and improvedconstruction of folding lamp cover adapted to be mounted upon a lamp soas to inclose the same when desired and at other times to be folded andretained in a small space ready for use.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will behereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by theappended claims.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention applied;Fig. 2 is a front elevation, with the inclosing flap partly removed;Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section on line 33 of Fig. 2 with onesection of the cover opened and the other folded; Fig. 4 is a detailvertical section of the cover folded and inclosed by the flaps; and Fig.5 is a detail elevation of the pivot for the cover ribs.

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts in the several figures ofthe drawing.

The invention is applicable to any form of lamp, lantern or similardevice which it is desired to protect and the shape or configuration ofthe cover may be varied to adapt it to the particular use desired.

As illustrating one application of the invention it is herein shown asapplied to an automobile lamp 10 mounted in the supporting fork 11 inthe usual manner. The cover frame 12 preferably depends beneath thelamp. and is supported from any suitable part thereof by set screws 13or otherwise. The frame is formed in two parts secured together, as at15, and is provided at its upper portion with pivoting posts 16 adaptedto receive the ribs or bows 17 for the flexible cover 18 which issecured thereto.

These ribs are formed with a pivoting eye 19 and the eyes of the seriesof ribs are separated by the washers 20. The ribs of the series areformed with an offset portion 21, these portions being of differentlengths to bring the ribs into the same vertical plane.

The cover 18 may be formed of any desired material adapted to foldcompactlywhen the cover is closed, preferably of a waterproof characterto protect the inclosecl lamp. The cover is secured to the ribs in anyconvenient manner, for instance as shown at 22 in Fig. 4 and one endthereof is attached to the frame 12 as indicated at 23 in Fig. 3. Therib 24 at the opposite end of each cover section is provided with alatch member 25 of any desired form and adapted to retain the ribs 24 incontact when the cover incloses a lamp. \Vhen the cover is folded andthe lamp exposed for use, the cover may be protected and held in foldedposition by inclosing flaps 26 of similar material secured to the frameat 27 and pro vided with connecting straps and buckle 28, as shown inFig. 4. The cover is shown as formed of two sections but may beotherwise arranged as found convenient.

- In operation when the cover is applied to a lamp it may be folded andprotected by the inclosing flaps until it is desired for use. It maythen be quickly and easily released and drawn over the lamp to incloseand protect it from dust, dirt or moisture. When so opened it may belatched in position and retained as long as desired for use. Theconstruction of the ribs permits their mounting upon a single pivot tooperate in the same vertical plane.

The invention presents a simple, efficient and economically constructedlamp cover particularly adapted for use upon vehicle lamps.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a cover for a device, asupport for said device, separate pivoted flexible cover sectionsmounted upon said support to swing above and inclose the upper portionof said device and also to fold beneath their pivots to inclose thelower portion of the device, and means for connecting said sectionsabove and below the device to completely inclose the same.

2. A lamp cover comprising separate series of ribs pivoted at oppositesides of a lamp, a flexible cover comprising separately mounted sectionssecured to said ribs, means connecting the free ends of said sectionswhen opened to inclose said lamp, and a flexible flap mounted to inclosesaid sections when in folded position beneath said lamp.

3. In a cover for a device, a support for said device, flexible coversections pivoted at opposite points upon said support to fold into avertical plane beneath their pivotal line, means below said line forfixedly connecting said sections in said vertical plane, and means fordetachably connecting the free ends of said sections above said device.

4. In a cover for a device, a support for said device, a pivoted foldingcover mounted -upon said support to fold into a vertical plane beneathits pivotal line and to swing upward in opposite dlrections tocompletely inclose said device, and means for detachably connecting thefree ends of said cover.

5. In a lamp cover, a U-shaped depending support having pivot posts atopposite sides thereof, a series of ribs mounted upon said posts to foldbeneath said lamp, flexible cover sections secured to said ribs, and aninclosing flap secured to said support to inclose and protect saidsections when folded beneath the lamp.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM T. PHILLIPS. WVitnesses:

WELToN J. PHILLIPS, A. R. LARSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

